Correction: Not Everyone You Know Plays Halo

Everyone
plays video games, right? Not just shut-ins and kids, but your
infant daughter, and your doddering grandmother. Why, NPD said
so just the other day!

Whoops.

Today NPD is saying that 72% of Americans don't play video games,
after all. That stat, which had been widely reported after NPD
sent out a release yesterday, only includes people between the
ages of 6-44.

So what happens when you include the toddler set (2 to 5) in the
survey? Astonishingly, NPD notes, the percentage of gamers drops
to 59%. And what about geezers 45 and up? NPD won't say. But
we're guessing it drops again. To sum up: Many people but not all
of them, play video games. You can return to "Rock Band" now.